Isolation and identification of Rotavirus and Helicobacter pylori for children under 10 years of age who suffer from stomach and intestinal pain in Basrah city

Abstract

Two different sets of 100 samples were studied to investigate viral and bacterial causes of gastrointestinal pain in children under the age of ten. Where it was found in the first group that the percentage of infection with rotavirus amounted to 42% of the total samples that were taken. The study showed that the lower the age, the higher the incidence of rotavirus. In addition, that the infection of females and males was almost similar in the first group that was investigated to detect rotavirus as one of the causes of stomach and intestinal pain. While the study included in the second group that the infection rate of H. pylori bacteria amounted to 26% of the total samples examined, which amounted to 100 samples. The study also showed that the higher the age, the higher the rate of H. pylori infection, and indicated that the infection in males was higher than in females. When comparing the two groups, it was found that H. pylori infection in the second group was more than the first group, indicating that most stomach and intestinal pain in children under the age of ten were caused by bacteria, followed by a viral infection with rotavirus.